Monthly Archives: April 2011

Writing about prayer, one contributor to Secondsightblog.net tells us that he finds himself unable to get behind the tangible “accidents”of the Eucharist – and through to the Real Presence. That doesn’t surprise me since faith is evidence of things not … Continue reading →

Several contributors to the Blog emphasise the importance of examining the Church’s moral teaching in the light of personal conscience. So I thought it might be interesting to post an example, and see whether everyone would support this teaching. And, … Continue reading →

‘White founts falling in the Courts of the sun, and the Soldan of Byzantium is smiling as they run.” I shot the first couplet of Chesterton’s Lepanto at my old friend. And he responded with a word-perfect quatrain. No, we … Continue reading →

From time to time we return to the question of free will. And rightly so. Without free will there is no possibility of moral choice and an important pillar of rational support for our belief in God is removed. So … Continue reading →